Allow the app to be the launcher

[bs42]

I use a wall mounted tablet for Home Assistant. It would be very useful if the companion app could be the launcher. This would permit the app to automatically load on boot as well as help prevent it from getting automatically closed which happens to mine every few days.

[dshokouhi]

This would permit the app to automatically load on boot

already requested #4030

help prevent it from getting automatically closed which happens to mine every few days.

this is a symptom of the app crashing or not having background access a bug report instaed of feature request should be filed

What actual launcher features do you want? Pretty sure webview cannot be a launcher element so not sure what the end goal of the request is.

[bs42]

I previously used https://wallpanel.xyz/ for my tablet, it has not been updated in ages and so I figured I would try the companion app on this new wall tablet. With that app it would stay running for weeks at a time without fail.

My only goal is to not have to manually open the app on the tablet every few days.

This tablet does not have a battery and none of the background or battery features are available. It doesn't say anything about crashing, I just walk past the tablet and it's sitting on the launcher window and the companion app is gone. I relaunch it and repeat every few days.

If there's something I can do to get some logs from it that explain why to file a bug report I'll do so.

[dshokouhi]

It doesn't say anything about crashing, I just walk past the tablet and it's sitting on the launcher window and the companion app is gone

thats the exact symptom of the app crashing actually, you dont always get a pop-up

Next time that happens when you open the app go to Settings > companion app > troubleshooting > show and share logs and you may see a Recent Crash tab at the top and if that is there you will see the crash and the reason for it. The app becoming a launcher wont fix that crash. You may need to try for a few days if the crash or 2 does not get caught but hopefully the app can save the crash.

[bs42]

There wasn't a tab there from the crash earlier, I'll check again next time it happens.

Thank you

[bs42]

It has closed down 2 more times, neither time had a Recent Crash tab.

[marazmarci]

Maybe the Play Store auto update is closing it?

[bs42]

Only if it's been updated 5 times in the last week.